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happen vs transpire

transpire vs happen

happen and transpire both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
happen No No Yes No
transpire No No Yes No
As verbs, transpire is a hyponym of happen; that is, transpire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than happen:
  • happen: come to pass
  • transpire: come about, happen, or occur
Other hyponyms of happen include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.
happen (verb) transpire (verb)
come to pass give off (water) through the skin
come into being; become reality come to light; become known
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance exude water vapor
come upon, as if by accident; meet with come about, happen, or occur
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
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